Shopify releases new and improved SDKs, including Android Pay integration
At its first-ever Unite Conference in San Francisco, Shopify has announced two new SDKs that allow developers to implement…
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Shopify hosting first-ever Shopify Partner and Developer conference
Between March 22 and 23, Shopify is hosting its first-ever Unite conference for Shopify partners and developers in San Francisco.…
Indochino launches wedding planner platform for grooms
Vancouver-based Indochino, which creates made-to-measure suits through its ecommerce platform, has made the unsurprising move…
Report: 70 percent of businesses spend more than $1 million on ecommerce; only half see ROI
In a new report from CloudCraze, which works with B2B and B2C companies on Salesforce, only about half of business owners see…
Indochino secures $42 million investment from global apparel manufacturer
Vancouver-based Indochino, an ecommerce retailer that creates made-to-measure suits, has raised CAD $42 million from Chinese…
Lightspeed Retail launches platform combining brick-and-mortar and ecommerce experience
Montreal-based Lightspeed Retail, a cloud-based point-of-sale system which has targeting small and medium-sized businesses,…
#Dx32016: Retail Prophet Doug Stephens on the “end of the beginning of ecommerce”
“Retail is dead,” notable tech investor Marc Andreessen declared back in 2013. “Retail chains are an implausible economic…
CXI offers “Tinder for startups” at retail pitch competition
Just one day before the start of Dx3, Canada’s largest digital retail conference, The Working Group (TWG), Mercedes-Benz,…
Five things we learned from #Dx32016
Thousands of people stormed the Metro Toronto Convention Centre this week for Dx3, Canada’s biggest digital conference. Those…
#Dx32016: Pepper the sassy robot dreams of changing retail
Pepper, the first humanoid robot with virtual emotions, went on sale in Japan this summer and is now coming to North America.…
How Statflo helps wireless retailers like Telus stay on top of customer service
As The Disruptors co-host Amber Kanwar put it, most people don’t know too many friends and family members who love dealing…
Statflo raises $2.4 million seed round, partners with iQmetrix
Statflo, a data platform aimed at wireless retailers, announced that it has raised a $2.4 million seed round. The round was…
Snap for Groupon changing with Canadian product founders Michele Romanow & Anatoliy Melnichuk departing
The Snap by Groupon platform, which allows users to get cash back on groceries, is undergoing major changes — but the Canadian…
Lucova making selfies the future of selling
Through Toronto-based Lucova, selfies of the future will become useful for more than just social media sharing. Pitching on…
Spacefy claims its own space on #TheDisruptors
These days, it seems like there is an AirBnB and Uber for everything. And Toronto-based Spacefy is one of those companies tapping…